how many times has this happened to you: you wash your hair and style it to perfection. you go to sleep. you wake up the next morning and *EEEEKKK* your once beautiful curls have become a messy, unkempt frizzball! this happens to me pretty much every day!!! what is the best way to revitalize messy curls in the morning? i don't want to have to wash my hair in the morning!!!

3b. Tight, brown corkscrew ringlets; down to the middle of my back with sideswept bangs that I "straighten" by tucking behind my ear while drying.
College freshman and hair product junkie. Not a good combo! haha!

Yes, I understand your problem. I am 3-b, too. Since it's usually more convenient to wash at night, here's what I do. I wash, add styling products and let air dry as long as I can. Then I gently finger comb into a pineapple on top of my hair (pony tail in scrunchi) and sleep like that. The next morning, I spritz before taking out scrunchi and hair usually falls out ok. Certainly is a lot more convenient than getting up earlier to "do" my hair. HTH.

thanks! the "pineapple" tip will really come in handy! i usually sleep with my hair down. that probably contributes to the "bed head." do all you curlies just spray with water or use some other styling product when you're doing your hair in the morning?

3b. Tight, brown corkscrew ringlets; down to the middle of my back with sideswept bangs that I "straighten" by tucking behind my ear while drying.
College freshman and hair product junkie. Not a good combo! haha!

For second day hair, I usually have to add a little water to smooth down frizzies. I just wet my fingers and rake them through my hair. Then I get a pea sized amount of Ouidad shine glaze serum in my hands, rub them together, and smooth it over my entire head. It does wonders for second day hair. It fixes frizzies and makes my hair shiny and healthy looking. One note: the stuff is super expensive, but lasts forever. Also, it is basically silicone, even if Ouidad does claim it to be water soluble.

thanks for all of the tips! last night i slept with my hair in a "pineapple," and this morning i used a little spray bottle to lightly spritz my hair. then i used some paul mitchell sculpting foam. it worked pretty well. i think i'll try a gel tomorrow instead of the mousse.

3b. Tight, brown corkscrew ringlets; down to the middle of my back with sideswept bangs that I "straighten" by tucking behind my ear while drying.
College freshman and hair product junkie. Not a good combo! haha!

What I have been doing is to run warm water in the tub and just barely turn on the shower, then stick my head under the shower very briefly. (The misting bottle just doesn't seem to work as well for me--). Then it's not totally soaked, but not as dry as misting. Then I spray leave-in conditioner, etc., and either air dry or diffuse.

The ponytail on top of my head creates pain when it comes down so I don't do that. I just flip my damp hair over a satin pillowcase and sleep like that. It works. If my hair's damp at night, it won't be dry by morning so I can diffuse for about thirty seconds and that's usually enough. Sometimes I have to mist it with water but I don't usually.

I mist my hair with water in spray bottle and then use a bit of ouidad's krlykids spray gel or botanical mist or mister right (deva) and it looks ok--not as well defined as first day tho. sounds like pineapple is sort of like plopping which i am trying to do now. other question-has anyone used the jessicurl walk-around heating cap for deep conditioning? I will NOT sit under a bonnet hair dryer--***EDDABOUTIT!!!! lived thru enough of that crap when i was a teenager in the 60's....
susan

I have used the Jessicurl Microcap and it's great. There is a forum topic on it( Microcap - Does it work?). It came highly recommended by others and it's convenient. I'm not tied to the dryer. Above all, it feels great and improves my hair.